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First search for direct $CP$-violating asymmetry in $B^0 \to K^0 π^0$ decays at Belle II

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Collaboration, BII; Abudinén, F; Adachi, I; Adak, R; Adamczyk, K; Ahlburg, P; Ahn, JK; Aihara, H; Akopov, N; Aloisio, A; Ameli, F; Andricek, L ...
April 30, 2021

We report on the first measurement of the direct $CP$-violating asymmetry ($\mathcal{A}$) in the charmless decay $B^0 \to K^0\pi^0$ at Belle II and an updated measurement of its branching fraction ($\mathcal{B}$). We use a sample of electron-positron collisions collected in 2019 and 2020 at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance and corresponding to $62.8$ $\text{fb}^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity. We reconstruct and select about $50$ $B^0 \to K_S^0 \pi^0$ candidates, and we measure $\mathcal{A}_{{K^0\pi^0}} = -0.40_{-0.44}^{+0.46} (\text{stat}) \pm 0.04 (\text{syst})$ and $\mathcal{B}(B^0 \to K^0 \pi^0) = [8.5_{-1.6}^{+1.7} (\text{stat}) \pm 1.2 (\text{syst})] \times 10^{-6}$. This is the first measurement of $CP$ violation in $B^0 \to K^0\pi^0$ decays reported by Belle II. The results agree with previous determinations and show a detector performance comparable with the best Belle results.

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Collaboration, B. I. I., Abudinén, F., Adachi, I., Adak, R., Adamczyk, K., Ahlburg, P., … Tonder, R. V. (2021). First search for direct $CP$-violating asymmetry in $B^0 \to K^0 π^0$ decays at Belle II.
Collaboration, Belle I. I., F. Abudinén, I. Adachi, R. Adak, K. Adamczyk, P. Ahlburg, J. K. Ahn, et al. “First search for direct $CP$-violating asymmetry in $B^0 \to K^0 π^0$ decays at Belle II,” April 30, 2021.
Collaboration BII, Abudinén F, Adachi I, Adak R, Adamczyk K, Ahlburg P, et al. First search for direct $CP$-violating asymmetry in $B^0 \to K^0 π^0$ decays at Belle II. 2021 Apr 30;
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First search for direct $CP$-violating asymmetry in $B^0 \to K^0 π^0$ decays at Belle II. 2021 Apr 30;

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